Whiffletree attachment



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Y H. H. STONE. WHIPFLETREE ATTACHMENT.

No. 597,302. Patented Jan. 11,1898.

UNITED STATES nrnivr met;

HENRY H. STONE, OF STEWARTSVILLE, NEW JERSEY.

WHIFFLETREE ATTACHM ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 597,302, dated January11, 1898.

Application filed October 2, 1897. Serial No. 653,840. (No model-l Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY H. STONE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Stewartsville, in the county of Warren and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VvhifietreeHooks or Attachments; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inwhiffletrce attachments 5 and it relates more particularly to animprovement in that class of whiflletree attachments which areespecially designed to serve as holders or retainers for the free endsof the trace or tug straps.

The invent-ion has for its object the provision of cheaply-constructedand at the same time efficient and durable spring-arm which may bereadily attached to whiffletrees of any size or form of construction andwhich will serve as a means whereby the free end of the trace may beheld folded back against the face of the whiffietree, out of the way,

where it will not be likely to catch upon or strike against thewhiffletree or to present an unsightly appearance.

To this end and to such others as the invention may be capable of thesame consists in the novel construction of the trace-holding attachmentand in the novel manner in which it is applied to the whiffletree, whereit serves to clamp-the free end of the trace, all as more fullyhereinafter described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and thenspecifically defined in the appended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the lettors of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisspecification, and in which drawings- Figure l is a perspective view ofone end of a whifiietree with my invention shown as applied thereto.Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the trace-retainer and whiiiietree. Fig. 3is an enlarged detail in perspective of the device as it appears whendetached from the whifiletree.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates a whiffletree, of any well-known or preferred construction,the end of the whifdetree being provided with the usual trace retaineror hook B, which latter may be of any of the wellknown forms ofconstruction which are in common use.

0 represents my attachment, which is designed to clamp the free end ofthe trace and to hold the same back against the rear face of thewhiffletree, as shown in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings.

It will be observed that the device consists simply of a single piece ofspring-wire, one end of which is bent into a hook D, which engages ascrew E or its equivalent upon the under face of the whiffletree, whileat apoint intermediate of its ends the wire is bent to form a spiralspring F, which is sleeved upon a screw or stub shaft G, extendingdownwardly from the under face of the whffietree. The free end H of thewire is bent to form a clamping-jaw, which jaw extends at right anglesto the length of the body portion and is adapted to clamp the free endof the trace against the rear surface of the whiflletree, as shown. Itwill be at once evident that my attachment is equally well adapted foruse upon whiffletrees of any size or form and will serve equally well asa retainer for traces of any width or thickness. It is cheap and durableand not likely to get out of order or to be accidentally detached.

Having thus described my invention, what I'claim to be new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is- I A device for preventing tracesunhooking from whiffietree-hooks, consisting of a single piece of wirebent to form an eye through which a screw passes to secure the same tothe whiiiletree, the inner end of the wire bent to form a hook, thescrew over which the said hook engages, the outer end of the wire bentover the edge of the whittletree, thence upon itself, and adapted tohold the end of the trace against the whiffletree, as shown and for thepurpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY n. STONE.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM KLINE, Jr., W. A. CARLING.

